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010 $a 2005003925
020 $a1578067898 (cloth : alk. paper)
035 $a(OCoLC)OCM57752376
035 $a(NNC)5448875
035 $a5448875
040 $aDLC$cDLC$dC#P$dOrLoB-B
042 $apcc
050 00 $aGR78$b.B46 2005
082 00 $a398.2/09$222
100 1 $aBennett, Gillian.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/nr88012726
245 10 $aBodies :$bsex, violence, disease, and death in contemporary legend /$cGillian Bennett.
250 $a1st ed.
260 $aJackson :$bUniversity Press of Mississippi,$c[2005], ©2005.
300 $axv, 313 pages ;$c24 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 00 $tAnimals inside : bosom serpents and alimentary amphibians -- $tPoison and honey -- $tAIDS aggressors : mirrors, caskets, and needles -- $tKilling the prodigal son -- $tDispossessed : the body snatchers -- $tBlood and babies -- $tAfterword : a trivial pursuit?
520 1 $a"Because they are so often told as news, contemporary legends force us to reevaluate life as we know it. They confront us with macabre, fantastic, horrific, or hilarious characters and events that seem to come straight out of myths and folktales but are repeated as present day facts. It is not at all easy to decide whether these often disturbing stories should be treated as reliable or dismissed as fantasy." "In this book Gillian Bennett traces the cultural history of six legends, well-known in Europe and America from medieval times to the present day. Appearing in broadsides, ballads, myths, ancient and modern legends, novels, plays, films, television shows, and stories told in the oral tradition, these legends are not just silly tales which can be dismissed as trivial and untrue. They reveal much about the concerns and fears of everyday life and demonstrate the limits of knowledge and power in the modern world."--BOOK JACKET.
650 0 $aLegends.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85075780
650 0 $aHuman body$xFolklore.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh90003019
856 41 $3Table of contents$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip058/2005003925.html
852 00 $bglx$hGR78$i.B46 2005